Media captionPresident Trump his first 100 days in office “has been very productive” US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the media during a rally marking 100 days in office. He told supporters in Pennsylvania that he was keeping “one promise after another”, dismissing criticism as “fake news” by “out of touch” [...]

Wladimir Klitschko suffered the fifth defeat of his career Anthony Joshua produced the performance of his career to add the WBA world heavyweight title to his IBF crown with an enthralling knockout win over Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium. A post-war record 90,000 fans at the national stadium were treated to a see-saw contest, Joshua [...]

Image copyright PA Madeleine McCann’s parents have told the BBC they will do “whatever it takes, for as long as it takes” to find their missing daughter. Next week sees the 10th anniversary of her disappearance, aged three, from an apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal. The couple, from Rothley in Leicestershire, said “real [...]

Image copyright SWNS Image caption Hospital authorities have been accused of failing to protect patients from Ian Paterson Hundreds of patients will seek compensation after a breast surgeon was convicted of carrying out needless operations, solicitors have said. Ian Paterson, 59, was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent, relating to nine women [...]

Image copyright EPA Image caption There have been a number of missile tests by North Korea North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, the South Korean military was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. The US military said the missile did [...]

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Tusk received official notice of the UK’s intention to leave the EU at the end of March European Union countries are meeting in Brussels to discuss a joint strategy for negotiations with the UK over Brexit. Twenty-seven countries will be present, but the UK will not take part. The [...]

Image copyright PA Image caption Sgt Alexander Blackman had his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter The Royal Marine jailed for shooting dead a wounded Taliban fighter has been released from prison. Sgt Alexander Blackman received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. The 42-year-old from Taunton, Somerset, has [...]

Image caption Police searches took place at the address of the shooting in Willesden A woman in her 20s has been shot by police and four people arrested in an anti-terror operation in north-west London and Kent, Scotland Yard says. Officers say the operation was not connected to the earlier arrest of a man near [...]

Image copyright Thinkstock The Cancer Drugs Fund in England was a “huge waste of money” and may have caused patients to suffer unnecessarily from the side effects of the drugs, according to UK researchers. The fund ran from 2010 to 2016, costing £1.27bn, following an election promise made by the Conservatives to pay for cancer [...]

Media captionSevere bleeding after childbirth is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide A cheap drug has been shown to stop women bleeding to death, in a discovery that should change practice around the world, say researchers. Every year, 100,000 women die from massive bleeding in the moments after giving birth. But an international study, [...]